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What Causes Numbness In The Lower Body After Taking Alcohol?

My husband drinks beer even maybe 7 or 8 and his legs get numb if he falls he cannot get up until the next morning. He is totally numb in both legs has no control of his lower body.....Has always been a drinker but last couple years it has meen happening more and more....Please tell me your opinion .... Thanks
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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From your narration it seems alcohol induced peripheral neuropathy.
Alcohol is ultimately affecting nerves of body and make them dysfunction
Many of the chronic drinker suffers from this.
You should not wait for this to take treatment as in future it may be irreversible.
So consult psychiatrist/physician who-can help by giving pregabalin, benfothiamine like medicines and also prepare him for deaddiction which is the foremost need to make neuropathy progress at hault.
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What Causes Numbness In The Lower Body After Taking Alcohol?

From your narration it seems alcohol induced peripheral neuropathy. Alcohol is ultimately affecting nerves of body and make them dysfunction Many of the chronic drinker suffers from this. You should not wait for this to take treatment as in future it may be irreversible. So consult psychiatrist/physician who-can help by giving pregabalin, benfothiamine like medicines and also prepare him for deaddiction which is the foremost need to make neuropathy progress at hault.